• adj. 大都市的；大主教辖区的；宗主国的
• n. 大城市人；大主教；宗主国的公民

来自metropolis,大都会。

metropolitan (n.)

early 15c., "bishop having oversight of other bishops," from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek metropolis "mother city" (from which others have been colonized), also "capital city," from meter "mother" (see mother (n.1)) + polis "city" (see polis).

In Greek, "parent state of a colony;" later, "see of a metropolitan bishop." In the West, the position now roughly corresponds to archbishop, but in the Greek church it ranks above it.

metropolitan (adj.)

1540s, "belonging to an ecclesiastical metropolis," from Late Latin metropolitanus, from Greek metropolites "resident of a city," from metropolis (see metropolitan (n.)). Meaning "belonging to a chief or capital city" is from 1550s. In reference to underground city railways, it is attested from 1867.

1. He is currently being held in a metropolitan correctional center.

他现在被关在一个大城市的改造中心。

来自柯林斯例句

2. This is yet another slur on the integrity of the Metropolitan Police.

这是对伦敦市警察局刚正廉明作风的又一次诽谤。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The Metropolitan Police say clear-up figures were improved.

伦敦警方称破案率在过去有所提高。

来自柯林斯例句

4. the New York metropolitan area

纽约市区

来自《权威词典》

5. Canadian French is different from the language of metropolitan France.

加拿大的法语与法国本土的法语不相同.

来自《简明英汉词典》